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2006 Annual Report Marin Conservation League Protecting Marin on Many Fronts 2006 Annual Report The mission of the Marin Conservation League is to preserve, protect and enhance the natural assets of Marin County IMAGES OF MARIN’S OPEN SPACES PAINTED BY BAYWOOD ARTISTS Adessa Chris by Painting 2 A Letter from MCL’s President Dear Friends, I am pleased to share with you Marin Conservation League’s 2006 Annual Report. As we have done in past Annual Reports you will find a monthly summary of MCL’s environmental activities during the year. These are detailed in our Action Calendar on pages 4 and 5. During the year, among other things, we tackled a number of major Marin issues. They include the Loch Lomond Marina Development Project, protection of the Tomales Dunes at Lawson’s Landing, the Sonoma-Marin Rail Transit Project (SMART) issue, and the proposed expansion of the Redwood Landfill project. In addition, we spent considerable time reviewing the Environmental Impact Report for the revised Countywide Plan as well as preparing to comment on its policies and programs. In this connection, it is important to report to you that all our various environmental advocacy efforts are accomplished entirely by volunteer members and your Board of Directors. Without their involvement and dedication MCL would not be able to be your voice in the county. 2007 will be another important and active year for the Marin Conservation League. You may count on our continued advocacy to protect and preserve the natural assets of Marin. At this time I want to thank all our members and donors for the continued support that you provide to us, without which we could not maintain our advocacy efforts on behalf of Marin’s environment and quality of life. It is because of your commitment to us that the Marin Conservation League remains one of the leading environmental and conservation organizations in Marin County. Sincerely, Roger Roberts President 3 STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES January 1 to December 31, 2006 (Prepared from MCL Records) Painting by Teresa Dong MCL's work on environmental issues in Marin, which includes reviewing numerous planning documents and environmental reports, producing informational publications, and advocating for policies that protect Marin's environment, are done by dozens of MCL volunteers, none of whom are paid. We calculate that in 2006 more than 3,500 hours of volunteer time was donated to MCL to do this crucial environmental work. Although the value of this work is not reflected in MCL’s financial report, it repre- sents a significant contribution to MCL with a value of more than $71,000 based on official Independent Sector accounting standards. membership contributions program services management services special events revenue fundraising transers Painting by Teresa Dong MCL Credo Work to preserve and protect the natural resource values and assets of Marin, and to focus our action on issues of countywide signifi- Painting by Teresa Dong cance or issues which may prove to be precedent-setting. We place particular emphasis on those issues having important land use implications or impacts on Marin’s environment and quality of life. We look for effective solutions through our own advocacy efforts as well as through working in close collaboration with other organizations to address major environmental challenges and concerns in Marin. 4 Marin Conservation League 2006 Action Calendar JANUARY • Presented the MCL Business • Hosted Business Breakfast with Breakfast featuring Sharon State Assemblyman Joe Nation. McNamee, new director of Marin County Parks and Open Space. • Reviewed and responded to Draft Environmental Impact Review for Launched “Lands In Between” the Sonoma Marin Area Rail • Transit proposal. campaign to help local community groups protect valuable parcels of FEBRUARY open land that are threatened by Painting by Tom Wood development and would best serve • Presented luncheon featuring MARCH as wild life habitat, parkland recre- former Secretary of the Interior ational areas or inter-community Bruce Babbitt. • Achieved significant progress on greenbelts. • Gained enforcement of the Clean the program to reduce and remove Water Act and then suspended legal invasive species from the Gold Hill action against Sanitary District Open Space on the San Pedro Ridge Number One. Consent decree was and on a grant to design and install approved, thus helping to protect interpretive signage in Starkweather Marin’s public waters from Shoreline Park. untreated waste discharged into the • Conducted on-site review of local ground water. wetlands, habitat and other biologic assets at the proposed Loch Lomond Painting by Chris Adessa marina project. • Opposed destruction of 168 native oak trees at the Tiburon Glen Estates subdivision. • Supported the Bolinas Lagoon Eco- Painting by Sherrill Miller system Restoration program. MAY APRIL • Began work with the Marin • Supported return of Drakes Estero County Open Space District to wilderness conditions in 2012. Community Advisory Committee. • Urged preparation of an Environmental Impact Report • Awarded Dr. Edgar Wayburn the • Helped fund a study by the San (EIR) for the massive Sports Peter Behr Lifetime Achievement Francisco Estuary Institute Study Complex proposed near San Rafael Award at the MCL Annual Dinner. to determine historic wildlife use of Airport, citing problems with loss Supported Mill Valley Steps, Lanes baylands habitats, especially as it of habitat, endangered species and • and Trails program. relates to the area of the proposed levee safety. Baylands Corridor, which includes • Continued work on the San the St. Vincent’s and Silveira Rafael Rock Quarry Reclamation Images of Marin’s scenic open properties. Plan to reduce impacts on the local spaces on these pages were community now and on the city of painted by members of Baywood • Urged County to develop overall San Rafael in the long run when the Artists. Contact information guidelines for wind turbine systems, for each artist can be obtained quarry is closed and the site at www.baywoodartists.com or rather than evaluating individual redeveloped. by calling the MCL office. systems on an ad hoc basis. Marin Conservation League 2006 Action Calendar 5 JUNE AUGUST • Worked to protect Lawson’s • Opposed Proposition 90, which Landing, a vital dune area and its sought to undermine land use associated wetlands, from excessive planning and devastate environmental recreational development, support- protection measures throughout ing the Coastal Commission require- California. ment that the owner seek a permit for current and proposed uses. • Hosted luncheon featuring Senator Barbara Boxer. • Supported affordable housing Painting by tom wood over commercial development at • Participated in Annual Car Battery Hamilton Field. Round-Up that recycled almost 9000 OCTOBER car, truck and boat batteries. •Conducted “Coastal Clean Up” • Met with Marin County Supervi- sors on solid waste, composting, • Supported Housing and Emergency with Marin Conservation Corps. Community Choice Aggregation and Shelter Trust Fund Act and Global • Began investigation of the pro- other issues. Warming Solutions Act. posed Gnoss Field runway expan- • Supported the San Francisco Bay sion, including loss of wetlands, Wildlife Refuge Complex restoration increased size of planes, longer hours JULY of the East and West Marin Islands to of service, and night lighting. Supported grant for safety • Advocated reduction of potential their natural state. • improvements at the popular danger to creek and tidal wetlands Painting by tom wood Inkwells salmon spawning/viewing near Redwood Landfill, urging area. adoption of a smaller mitigated alternative. NOVEMBER • Partnered with Book Passage to • Urged the Flood Control District present former Vice President Al and Open Space District to remove Gore and his lecture on his recent pampas grass threatening Deer book, An Inconvenient Truth. Island. • Opposed the proposed SMART • Opposed conversion of wetlands project’s Measure R sales tax at Strawberry Point School on the initiative on the basis that it was Tiburon peninsula to playfield use. not a cost-effecive solution to • Fought encroachment on regional traffic and congestion SEPTEMBER Tamalpais Creek in Kentfield to problems. • Supported grant to restore Smith protect steel-head trout and Ranch pond, a 3-acre fresh water possibly salmon habitat. Painting by chris adessa pond in San Rafael. DECEMBER • Supported California Assembly Bill 1953, introduced by assembly • Continued to seek revision of the Member Jared Huffman, to reduce Countywide Plan, to reduce exces- lead content in plumbing fixtures. sive commercial development and encourage greenhouse gas reduction, • Provided scoping comments for green building, zero waste manage- preparation of the EIR for San Rafael ment, invasive species control, Airport Sports Complex. effective watershed management • Hosted “Picnic on the Porch” for policies and the establishment of a members at the MCL office. countywide planning agency. 6 Thank You for Supporting MCL in 2006 Business Members Gifts of $1000 to $4999 Gifts of $250 to $499 Juanita Brown Ava Jean Brumbaum AIB Business Consulting, Inc. Arthur and Debra Ablin Janet and Bruce Allen Michael and Priscilla Bull Alice Waters-Chez Panisse Restaurant Arntz Family Foundation Janice Barry Robert and Linda Bundy and Café Lee and Jean Berensmeier Theodore Bayer Catherine Burford Kimberly Burke Aramark Leisure Services Carson Cox and Deborah Haase Robert and Loraine Berry Daniel and Betsy Bikle Helen Kennedy
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